I LOVED all those books you listed, Middlesex was soooo amazing, and The History of Love; be still my beating heart. I just finished Andrea Levy "Never Far from Nowhere" and it was brilliant. Books are my happy place.

I just found your blog, and am having fun clicking around ::: I know this is an old post, but how did you like The Art of Fielding?

I live in Charlottesville, VA and this handsome, polite guy used to come into the restaurant where I was working pretty often a few years back... and then last fall I picked up a copy of The Art of Fielding at LAX, and mid-read en route to Australia the bell went off, and I realized why the author's pic looked so familiar. Same cute boy with nice manners and (as I found out) strong writing skills, haha. Such a pleasant combo.

Paige, I'm so glad to hear that - thank you! And that's such an amazing story about the author - wow! He's so talented. Unfortunately, I never ended up finishing the book but that was more of a circumstantial decision than anything - I was enjoying it but got so busy at a certain point that I had to put it down. Haven't gotten to picking it up again, but I'd love to someday soon!